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On 18th October 1918 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 22) and Christabel Hart were married. The marriage wasn't consummated leading to awkward questions in 1921 when she announced she was five months pregnant. The subsequent divorce case, Ampthill vs Ampthill was protracted and notorious.
On 15th October 1921 [her son] Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill was born to [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 25) and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill. The biological father remains a mystery since his mother and father had never, apparently, consummated their marriage. His father apparently never spoke to the child.
In 1922 [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 25) attempted to divorce his wife Christabel Hart. The two named co-respondents were acquitted while the case for the unnamed partner was inconclusive.
In 1923 [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 26) attempted to divorce his wife Christabel Hart for a second time. Christabel was convicted of adultery and lost on appeal, but had the verdict overturned on further appeal to the House of Lords which ruled in 1924 that no child born after a marriage could be declared illegitimate merely on the testimony of his mother or father.
On 7th July 1935 [her father-in-law] Oliver Russell 2nd Baron Ampthill (age 66) died of pneumonia. His son [her husband] John (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
After 7th July 1935 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 38) and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill were divorced.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 22nd February 1937 [her former husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 40) and Sibell Faithfull Lumley Baroness Ampthill were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
On 24th July 1948 [her former husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 51) and Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill (age 39) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
On 3rd June 1973 [her former husband] John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 76) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. His son [her son] Geoffrey (age 51) succeeded 4th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. The succession was unsuccessfully contested by his younger half-brother John Hugo Trenchard Russell (age 22). The Committee for Privileges ruled in favour of Geoffrey in 1976.
Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill: On 15th October 1921 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill. The biological father remains a mystery since his mother and father had never, apparently, consummated their marriage. His father apparently never spoke to the child. On 23rd April 2011 Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill died. His son David succeeded 5th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
John Hugo Trenchard Russell: On 13th October 1950 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill
In February 1976 Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill died.